Re: [WinMac] Cabel modem and Ethernet Blues.
Subject: Re: [WinMac] Cabel modem and Ethernet Blues.
From: shoman@mindspring.com
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 08:10:20 EST
On 12/13/01 7:50 AM, "Durant" <durant@cbn.net.id> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I am going to throw open a discussion that I have had with Dan and on two
> other lists to this list as I am getting desperate. I have not had any
> success at connecting a cable modem to my UMAX Pulsar (Euro S900). I have
> followed the skimpy Mac instructions that came with my 3Com cable modem,
> i.e. set the "connect" to "Ethernet" in the TCP/IP control panel and then
> set "configure" to "Using DHCP server". The result has been that the entire
> system on my Pulsar has also slowed to a crawl and a pause after a couple of
> cycles is visible. Programs such as Microsoft Entourage or Internet Explorer
> take forever, despite the machine having 160.4 MB of free memory with
> virtual memory
> turned off. I have as of yet been unable to download any e-mail as Entourage
> has yet to complete an e-mail download cycle after twenty minutes!!! There
> is therefore no way to be absolutely sure that I am actually accessing the
> Internet. With the TCP/IP control panel open, I can see that the IP address
> changes about every 30 seconds.
>
> It is hard to tell what is going on, but something is slowing either the OS
> or the processor to a crawl. I have had two tech guys trying to get two
> different routers (LinkSys and US Robo) to work with the cable connection
> and a Win PC but they won't. They also say that they have not been
> successful at getting any techincal data that would help them in the area
> from the companies involved (ISP and cabel TV provider). Does this ring any
> bells with anyone?
>
> My UMAX Pulsar is by the way running OS 9 and has a G3 Processor ugrade.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
>
>
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Are you using OS 9 or something later? If it is 9.0 then immediately upgrade
to at least 9.0.4, preferably 9.1. Do the usual Disk First Aid, Disk
Warrior, Norton Disk Doctor, Tech Tools directory repair. I have several old
900's running OS 9.1 on cable, DSL and T1's under DHCP and static at
various clients. There should be no problem unless there is a hardware
problem with the ethernet port. Does this machine behave correctly if File
Sharing is turned on with another Mac?
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